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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 21, 1998Shelby County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 10:16 AM CDT for Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1998, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1998, 11:05 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1998-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1998-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

831 
WUUS1 KSTL 211518 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC205-211605-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1016 AM CDT THU MAY 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1105 AM CDT

* AT 1016 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LEONARD AND CLARENCE... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  SHELBYVILLE
  SHELBINA

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE QUICKLY
TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

GLASS/GS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 5:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-
027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-211700-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
550 AM CDT THU MAY 21 1998

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.  AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE
COUNTY WARNING AREA.  THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
.
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITDOR
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION.

DLF
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-
027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-211700-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
550 AM CDT THU MAY 21 1998

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.  AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE
COUNTY WARNING AREA.  THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
.
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITDOR
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION.

DLF

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe47 min
May 21, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike46 min
May 21, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery44 min
May 21, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway35 min
May 21, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage32 min
May 21, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Warren50 min
May 21, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade47 min
May 21, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis47 min
May 21, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin48 min
May 21, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis44 min
May 21, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson46 min
May 21, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington46 min
May 21, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison, Saint Francois52 min
May 21, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison45 min
May 21, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXIron, Madison5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.